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 Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:06 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:32 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:55 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:22 pm
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Hey, cocktail. Even though I partially agree with you, don't start flaming bands and everything, okay? You're not going to make any progress that way, and if this is a rant thread, please say so so that unprepared gaians aren't blown away by your angry-ness.
xD just a tip. ^^
Anyway, well, yeah, I have been impressed with the suckiness of today's music. Too many bands only live by their label (most prominently, the emo/punk label) and the main problem with this is their labels support disrespect and irresponsibility. Seriously, how many songs about sex and drugs do I want to hear? Also, I would like to listen to something more than hearing some person ranting after a break up or listening to some guy tell us how he cut his wrists and it felt sooooo good... (like, wtf?) too many bands are just trying to get shock value (the same is true for comedians, I hear, now). Music videos (for female singers) are basically just the artist pole-dancing, and the effects are definitely starting to show on our generation. No matter how weird or stupid a song is, if someone hears is enough times, they'll start to get attached to it, especially if its catchy, so the radios get paid to play a song a hundred times, and then everyone starts to like it, and its a snowball effect. Bleck.
Still, I love music, and I listen to a lot of classical music, but that's not a lot of people's "thing" and I like to listen to something more than that, sometimes. Even if today's music is worse in general, there are still a couple of people worth listening too... in my opinion, Green Day's American Idiot album is a work of genius, but that's only if that sort of stuff is your thing, and they still conform to the punk label, and there are a couple of bands out there that just need to learn a bit and gain a bit of experience before they become amazin'. For now, I'll just sit here and hope.
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:44 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:19 pm
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Okay, I see now. ^^
Yeah, party like a rockstar is such a classic example... and people don't even realize what's being pounded into their heads (yes, the messages do affect people who listen to it). For example, there were these underclassmen in the cafeteria singing fall out boy songs (I'm always wary of alternative music... at first I was like "FALL OUT BOY HATE!!!" scream and I still lol at their loser-ness (since when is pete wentz hot?), but compared to other bands (MCR, panic at the disco), they're okay. Some alternative bands are amazing though... I like it when they're alternative in a hard rock sense, y'know? Wait... what was I talking about? Oh, right... okay...) back to the girls singing fall out boy. They're singing "thnks fr th mmrs" at the top of their lungs so I go up to one of my friends and say. "Hey, I bet I can make that girl yell an oral sex reference." He takes me up on it so I go up to the girl and say, "Hey, can you sing the refrain?" "Sure!' she says happily and starts belting out, "HE, HE, TASTES LIKE YOU ONLY SWEEEEETER!!!"
Easy five bucks.
And why are boys writing those lyrics, anyway?
The only problem is, though, with older music, is that I'm not necesarrily into the genres the beatles, elvis and queen represent. Sure, I can respect them, but they're really not my style. I actually like hard rock and alternative metal... and sometimes a bit of post grunge (basically, hurd-kur emo) but I usually don't mention that I like listening to emo music because I don't want people to think that I'm some sort of angsty kid who loooves pete wentz because I TOTALLY get his lyrics... (why are junior high virgins feel so in tune with pete wentz, then, if all his lyrics are about sex?) I'm just waiting for some bands to blossom, and then something magical might happen...
Wait, what are your music tastes? Just so I can have a better idea of who I'm talking to and what I can reference....
For me, I listen mainly to:
American Idiot (album) - Green Day (Yeah, with their punk label and everything is like BLECK but good music... who else could get successful with a punk rock opera?!!"
Three Days Grace (band) (I know, stupid emo poseurs, and they're not even that good, they have to work on a lot of stuff, but I like their style and tonalities a lot, just wish their music itself could be better. Good adrenaline music, I suppose...)
Skillet (They have a ways to go, once again though, like their style, and their not as bad as 3dg. THE BEST THING, THOUGH, IS THAT THEY AREN'T OBSESSED WITH BEING COOL. They're a christian rock band (no, I don't usually listen to that stuff), but they target mainstream audiences, so if you're not religious, you can still think that they're singing to their girlfriends or... something... Anyway, because they're christian rock, their songs are usually not too... stupid... and they promote being good and kind rather than being a drug addict...)
I'm on the lookout for better bands of the same genres!!! There's so much crap I have to sift through, though...
Sorry if the post is too long... got carried away sweatdrop and I was telling you not to rant XD
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:00 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:05 pm
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Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:19 pm
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 3:41 pm
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 11:58 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:29 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:20 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:27 pm
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